List of incidents 2001 N o. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Date (time) Type Location Detail 4 February, Sunday (1311) Local incident 4 February, Sunday (2200) Local incident 9 February, Friday (1150) 11 February, Sunday (1045) Cave Langcliffe to Malham road Langcliffe to Malham road Ingleborough Ireby Fell Cavern Lancashire 2 people reported in need of assistance after car became stuck in snowdrifts. Brought down by CRO Land Rover. Search for 2 people and car reported stuck in snowdrifts. Road now impassable. Team recalled after phone call to say they were now sheltering at a farmhouse. 54 yr old walker fractured femur after slipping near Gaping Gill. Airlifted by Air Ambulance. 2 cavers found dead on third pitch in high water conditions. Had been reported overdue. February: outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease. Closure of all public footpaths and access to fells. July: some footpaths re-opened, including access onto Ingleborough. 5 August, Sunday Ingleborough 79 yr old walker collapsed and died near summit. (1240) Airlifted by Air Ambulance. 5 August, Sunday Fern Pot, Ingleborough Lamb rescued from open shaft. Animal (1850) 20 August, Monday Ingleborough Walker suffered chest pains on Little Ingleborough. (1358) Airlifted by Air Ambulance. 23 August, Thursday Gaping Gill Preliminary investigation after personal belongings (2130) Cave found on surface by Main Shaft. Owner located safe in 12 September, Wednesday (2010) 14 September, Friday (1345) 22 September, Saturday (1700) 20 October, Saturday (1100) 29 October, Monday (1800) 16 December, Sunday (2105) 20 December, Thursday Cave Local incident Cave Cave (2355) 30 December, Sunday (1815) Cave Meregill Hole Whernside Twisleton Scar Dent Head Cumbria Blea Moor Meregill Hole Meregill Hole Pool Sink Cumbria village. 3 cavers trapped by flood water. 2 located at foot of Aven Pitch (Mere entrance had sumped). 1 located at foot of 3 rd pitch. All brought out safely. 72 yr old walker suffered injuries to head and pelvis after falling near summit. Airlifted by Air Ambulance. Climber suffered multiple injuries after falling from Evening Star. Airlifted by Air Ambulance. Assisted Police in recovery of body following fall from Viaduct. Walker collapsed and became disorientated near 2 nd air shaft. Brought down by CRO Land Rover. 3 cavers reported overdue. Turned up as CRO arrived. 4 cavers reported overdue. Turned up during preliminary investigation. Caver lost control abseiling down 4 th pitch. Pelvic injury. Brought to surface and RAF helicopter to hospital. A number of footpaths and some fell access remained closed throughout the Autumn and Winter due to ongoing Foot and Mouth Disease restrictions. In addition to the team call outs listed above: (a) the CRO Duty Controllers (six are on weekly call throughout the year) frequently respond to calls from the Police for advice regarding overdue cavers and walkers that do not result in any team call out. (b) our SARDA dog handler is sometimes called to assist other Teams in searches out of our area.
List of incidents 2002 N o. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Date (time) Type Location Detail 23 January, Wednesday (1125) 25 January, Friday (1320) 3 March, Sunday (1810) Cave 12 March, Tuesday (1810) 16 March, Saturday (& Sunday 17 March) Cave (0730) 30 March, Saturday (1245) 1 April, Monday (1405) Cave 6 April, Saturday (1220) 28 April, Sunday (1450) 4 May, Saturday (2335) 11 May, Saturday (1315) Animal 19 May, Sunday (1405) 28 May, Tuesday (1655) 31 May, Friday (1720) Cave 1 June, Saturday (1955) 3 June, Monday (1515) Cave 4 June, Tuesday (2115) Cave 14 June, Friday (1335) 16 June, Sunday (1215) Cave 16 June, Sunday (1715) Cave 29 June, Saturday (1500) 30 June, Sunday (1630) Animal Animal Pen-y-ghent Malham Marble Steps Pot Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Dentdale Cumbria Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton White Scar Cave Gordale Scar Ingleborough Ingleborough Mealbank Quarry Crummackdale Gordale Scar Wilson s Cave Ingleborough Diccan Pot Tatham Wife Hole Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Ingleborough Cave Marble Steps Pot Little Pot Hull Pot Rock scrambler cragfast in low cloud and rain. 60 yr old walker reported to be in difficulty. Caver injured shoulder whilst climbing up into lower Main Chamber. Brought to surface. Disabled walker slipped on path near Thornton Force and damaged leg caliper. Unable to move. Assisted Police in search for body of murder victim. Various potholes and mine shafts investigated. 71 yr old man collapsed with chest pains. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. 71 yr old lady collapsed with chest pains during guided tour of Show Cave. Brought to surface from Battlefield Chamber and airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. 54 yr old walker collapsed. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Runner on Three Peaks Race slipped descending towards Sulber Nick and injured ankle. (Assistance also given to WYMAS treating 50+ runners for cold and hypothermia at finish). Search for 7 walkers reported overdue on sponsored Three Peaks Walk. Lamb stuck on ledge 4 metres from top. Climber fell about 20m whilst leading. Held on rope despite top runners pulling out. Back injuries. Airlifted to hospital by RAF helicopter. 14 yr old walker with leg injury. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. 67 yr old caver several hours overdue on solo trip. Surfaced just before CRO arrived. Had experienced difficulty climbing cascades after turning back. Walker suffered ankle injury descending from summit towards Crina Bottom. Caver became hung up in water abseiling down 1 st pitch and fell 30m while attempting to prusik back to top to free jammed rope. Serious internal injuries, severe hypothermia, fractures to ribs, pelvis and spine. Brought to surface and airlifted to hospital by RAF helicopter. 5 cavers reported overdue. Made way off fell as first CRO team being deployed. 13 yr old schoolgirl suffered ankle injury. 72 yr old man suffered heart attack and collapsed just inside entrance to Show Cave. Fatal. Caver fell whilst climbing up into Lower Main Chamber. Suspected back/pelvic injury. Brought to surface. Lamb stuck on ledge 2m down open shaft. Lamb unable to escape from floor of open pot.
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 7 July, Sunday (1345) 7 July, Sunday (1400) 14 July, Sunday (1000) Animal 14 July, Sunday (1410) 14 July, Sunday (1423) 19 July, Friday (1800) 19 July, Friday (2130) Animal 11 August, Sunday (1210) Animal 11 August, Sunday (1850) 14 August, Wednesday (1415) 18 August, Sunday (2045) 26 August, Monday (1530) 7 September, Saturday (2125) 14 September, Saturday (1445) 25 September, Wednesday (1710) 29 September, Sunday (1125) 5 October, Saturday (1615) Animal 12 October, Saturday (1120) 14 October, Monday (1315) Animal 2 November, Saturday (1820) 3 November, Sunday (1510) Animal 9 November, Saturday (1500) 21 November, Thursday (1550) 27 December, Friday Local (2240) incident 28 December, Saturday (1845) Twisleton Scar Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Skirwith Quarry, Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Stainforth Pin Hole, Kingsdale Jackdaw Hole Horton in Ribblesdale Whernside Ingleborough Pot Scar Stainforth Foss Pot Scar Malham Cove Simon Fell Juniper Gulf Pen-y-ghent Sell Gill Holes Ingleborough Bar Pot Whernside Feizor Langcliffe Stainforth Climber fell 18m from crag top during abseil to retrieve gear when anchor came out. Suffered serious head injuries. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance but died five days later without regaining consciousness. Walker suffered ankle injury near Thornton Force. Injured lamb trapped on ledge in working quarry. 72 yr old man tripped on path and fell down side of ravine. Caught up in tree a few metres down. Female walker tripped over a boulder on path, 10m from incident 26, and suffered broken leg. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Search for missing walker. Located in Langcliffe Quarry. Fatal. Assisted by RAF Leeming MRT and RAF helicopter. Lamb trapped in bottom of 15m open shaft above Braida Garth. Cow fallen and trapped on floor of 15m open pot. Walker with injured knee on Pennine Way track above Crown Inn. 24 year old walker slipped on descent towards Bruntscar and suffered leg injury. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. 4 walkers lost in low cloud (then darkness) attempting Three Peaks walk. Located on Simon Fell. Climber suffered back and arm injury after falling 6m when runner on which he was resting came out. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Assist Police with recovery of a rope from waterfall following a fatality earlier in the day. Climber fell 5m and broke leg. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance Assisted Police and Ambulance service with recovery of body. Competitor on Three Peaks cycle race collapsed during descent from Ingleborough. Sheep rescued from foot of 22m entrance pitch. Assisted by members of Derbyshire CRO. 14 yr old girl in DofE group tripped and twisted ankle near old shooting hut. Dog rescued from bottom of open 9m entrance shaft. Two men on Three Peaks Walk used mobile phone to call for assistance after becoming lost in darkness, low cloud and driving rain. Located near summit. Walkers reported a sheep stuck on ledge. Nothing found. Male walker (45yrs) slipped and fell, injuring arm. Search of craggy woodland for missing person, assisted by eight SARDA dogs. (Body found several weeks later in Harrogate) Assisted Police and Ambulance service after man fallen off bridge into railway cutting following RTA. Man (69 yrs) missing from home. Located 2 km away on remote fell track, cold but OK. Assisted by Police helicopter.
Last updated 31.12.02 In addition to the team call outs listed above: (a) the CRO Duty Controllers (six are on weekly call throughout the year) frequently respond to calls from the Police for advice regarding overdue cavers and walkers that do not result in any team call out. (b) our SARDA dog handler is sometimes called to assist other Teams in searches out of our area.
List of incidents 2003 N o. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Date (time) Type Location Detail 15 January, Wednesday (1745) 23 January, Thursday (2052) 8 February, Saturday (1915) 13 February, Thursday (1655) 14 February, Friday (1445) Cave 29 March, Saturday (1155) 16 April, Wednesday (1130) 19 April, Saturday (1815) Cave 27 April, Sunday (1135) 3 May, Saturday (2200) 4 May, Sunday (1525) 11 May, Sunday (1055) Cave 17 May, Saturday (1325) 27 May, Tuesday (1420) 27 May, Tuesday (1445) 1 June, Sunday (1425) 2 June, Monday (1540) 7 June, Saturday (1620) Local incident 15 June, Sunday Cave (1830) 22 June, Sunday (2033) 30 June, Monday (1900) Animal 5 July, Saturday (1530) 7 July, Monday (2200) 11 July, Friday (1200) Ingleborough Cam Fell Large Pot Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Oxenber Scar Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Airton Pippikin Pot Lancashire Nether Lodge Ingleborough Malham Cove Long Churn Cave Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Gordale Gordale Ingleborough Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Horton in Ribblesdale Penyghent Pot Storrs Common, Ingleton Juniper Gulf Whernside Ingleborough Clapham Beck Caver slipped on grass slope above Trow Gill and sustained a fractured ankle. Recovery of elderly couple and 4x4 vehicle stuck for 5 hours on track above Cam End. Caver (m, 20) unable to negotiate top of 2 nd pitch on way out. Brought to surface. Walker (m, 25) collapsed and lost consciousness. Climber (m, 26) fell 6m when leading 'White Wall', landing on boulder slope at foot of crag. Suspected back injury. Helmet extensively damaged. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Walker (f, 22) with injured knee near Pecca Falls. Called to assist Police and Ambulance service with evacuation of injured girl from riverbank. Fire service also attended. Caver (f, 31) physically stuck in rift above 4 th pitch. Brought out via Mistral Hole early on Sunday morning. Runner (m, 38) on Three Peaks Fell Race slipped and injured his leg. Three walkers with no compass or torch reported overdue on Three Peaks walk. Walker (f, 59) fell 6m from first terrace onto scree slope. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance with back injuries. Caver (m, 54) sustained fractures to lower leg at Dr Bannisters water chute. Walker (f, 58) fell 8m from path into river. Pulled out by passers-by. Sustained minor head injury. Walker (m, ) collapsed with chest pains. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Whilst assisting with incident 14 another walker (m, ) suffered a severe heart attack. Given CPR and evacuated to Ambulance but died later in hospital Walker (m, 77) tripped and fell onto boulder on summit plateau. Chest injury and difficulty breathing. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Walker (f, 47) slipped on gravel and sustained a suspected broken leg. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. A fell runner (m, 41) collapsed unconscious at the roadside during Pen-y-ghent Fell Race. CRO (attending nearby gala) assisted until arrival of Ambulance. Heat exhaustion. Caver (m, 56) exhausted at foot of 4 th pitch. Assisted to surface. Walker found injured person (m, 24) at foot of 10m rockface in old quarry. Internal injuries. Died later in hospital. Rescue of large lamb from foot of 22m entrance pitch. Walker suffered cramp in both legs. Evacuated by Air Ambulance. Mother and 9 yr old daughter several hours overdue on Three Peaks Walk. Assisted Police with search of Clapham Beck and Beck Head Stream Cave after reported sighting of severed hand in beck. Nothing found.
25 26 27 28 29 30-31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 14 July, Monday (1530) Cave 19 July, Saturday (1600) 5 August, Tuesday (1905) 6 August, Wednesday (1400) 8 August, Friday (2200) 10 August, Sunday (1758) 10 August, Sunday (1850) 11 August, Monday (1223) 11/12 August, Monday/Tuesday (1400) 21 August, Thursday (1930) 22 August, Friday (0130) 23 August, Saturday ( 1720 ) Animal Animal 30 August, Saturday (1500) Cave 30 August, Saturday (2210) Cave 6 September, Saturday (1500) 14 September, Sunday (1345) 14 September, Sunday (1645) 15 September, Monday (1915) 27 September, Saturday (1350) 12 October, Sunday (1425) 12 October, Sunday (1810) 15 October, Wednesday (1300) Animal Animal Cave Calf Holes Ingleborough Malham Cove Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Ingleborough Nr Ling Gill, Birkwith Stainforth Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton Fluted Hole Jackdaw Pot Ingleborough Gordale Scar Pippikin Pot Lancashire Ribblehead Caves Victoria Cave Malham Cove Hunt's Cross, Kingsdale Storrs Common, Ingleton Attermire Cave Robin Proctor Scar Calf Holes Gordale Scar Solo caver (m, 43) unable to find way through to Browgill Cave and unable to climb up abseil rope at entrance. Brought out by ladder and lifeline. Fell runner (m, 30) tripped and fell descending from summit. Deep laceration to elbow, grazed legs and cut on chin. Climber (m, 32) fell 20m whilst leading first pitch of 'Crossbones' and all his runners pulled out. Injuries to lower back and chest. Winched into RAF helicopter and airlifted to hospital. Boy (m, 12) fell 5m from footpath into gorge below Snow Falls. Head injuries. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Walker reported missing on Three Peaks Walk. Motorcyclist (m, 42) suffered collar bone / shoulder injury. Party of 5 teenagers missing on D of E expedition. Turned up as Team being deployed from previous incident. Walker (f, 54) slipped on rocks above Thornton Force and suffered suspected broken ankle. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Farmer reported lamb trapped at bottom of 20m deep open pothole but later unable to locate it. Eventually found by CRO and rescued following morning. Lamb rescued from floor of open pot. Camper (m, 60) suffered severe hand injury in fall near tent at Gaping Gill. Climber (m, ) fell 10m pulling out all his runners, then rolled down scree before falling over a scar below, sustaining a broken ankle. His climbing partner (f, ) was pulled off stance and down over the scar, sustaining multiple injuries. Both winched into RAF helicopter and airlifted to hospital. Caver (f, 20) physically stuck in rift above 4 th pitch. Brought out via Mistral Hole early on Sunday morning. (see also incident no. 8). Assisted by UWFRA. Man and 4 children (14, 13, 11, 11) reported overdue in 'Viaduct Cave' (?). Turned up at home during preliminary search. Walker (f, 69) fell on scree below cave entrance, sustaining injuries to both arms. Walker (m, 40) collapsed on walk up to top of Cove. Parapentist (m, 28) flew into scar, sustaining a suspected broken wrist, injury to shoulder and multiple abrasions. Sheep trapped on narrow ledge in old quarry. Two small dogs rescued from narrow rift below cave entrance. Walker (m, 33) traversing grassy ledges above cliff pulled on rock which came out, causing him to lose balance and tumble over edge of 20m cliff, landing on scree slope below and tumbling another 15m. Sustained serious head and leg injuries. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance but died two days later. Three cavers descended into Calf Holes but failed to find way through to Browgill Cave. One prusiked back out but other two (m, f) unable to. Both hauled / laddered out by CRO. (see also incident no. 25) Walker (m, 68) fell 3m whilst descending lower waterfall and suffered a suspected fracture of upper arm.
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 19 October, Sunday Animal (1700) 22 October, Wednesday (1750) 1 November, Saturday (2100) Cave 8 November, Saturday Animal (0915) 11 November, Tuesday (1845) 15 November, Saturday (1345) 28 November, Friday (1540) 29 November, Saturday (1445) 15 December, Monday (1520) 30 December, Tuesday (1720) Cave Gordale Scar Pen-y-ghent Providence Pot Gordale Scar Giggleswick, Settle Malham Cove Giggleswick, Settle Long Churn Caves Stackhouse, Settle Ingleborough Last updated 31.12.03 Walker reported a sheep stuck on ledge. CRO found 4 sheep on the ledge but with an easy way off. Elderly walker (f, 70) reported overdue on walk from Foxup to Horton. Had got lost but turned up OK during preliminary investigations. Called to assist UWFRA with rescue of caver (m, 40) with broken femur from Bridge Cavern, Dowbergill Passage. Exited cave 1000 hrs Sunday. Casualty airlifted to hospital by RAF helicopter. Young sheep rescued from narrow ledge. Assisted Police in search of nearby crags, quarry and woodland for missing teenager (m, 15). Found cold and wet at 0025 hrs. Assisted by SARDA search dogs. Walker (f, 56) slipped on wet grass and sustained a suspected broken leg. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Child (m, ) reported missing. Found by Police soon after team call out. Rescue of seven cavers trapped by flooding following morning of heavy and persistent rain. Walker collapsed on path to Feizor. Sighting of a distress flare reported to Police. Limited search carried out with negative result. In addition to the team call outs listed above: (a) the CRO Duty Controllers (six are on weekly call throughout the year) frequently respond to calls from the Police for advice regarding overdue cavers and walkers that do not result in any team call out. (b) our SARDA dog handler is sometimes called to assist other Teams in searches out of our area.
Incident Report 2004 No. Time Day Date Type Location 1 Location 2 1 1635 Sun 25-Jan-04 Cave Sylvester Pot Cumbria 2 1525 Sun 1-Feb-04 Stainforth 3 1320 Wed 18-Feb-04 Ingleborough 4 1615 Fri 20-Feb-04 Ingleborough 5 1605 Sun 7-Mar-04 Twisleton Scar 6 1410 Mon 22-Mar-04 Cave Cueva de Alpazat Mexico 7 2355 Sat 27-Mar-04 Cave Mistral Hole Lancashire 8 1200 Tue 30-Mar-04 Janet's Foss 9 1500 Fri 16-Apr-04 Ingleborough 10 1625 Tue 20-Apr-04 Watlowes, Malham 11 1530 Sat 24-Apr-04 Waterfalls Walk, Inglet 12 1720 Sat 24-Apr-04 Malham Cove 13 1520 Sun 25-Apr-04 Thornton Force Detail Caver (m, 48) sustained dislocated shoulder in Main Chamber. Brought out via Clough s Passage and County Pot. Assisted Police locate party of 18 boys (12-16) on the hills between Stainforth and Malham after concerns for their safety were raised. Walker (f, 27) slipped and sustained broken ankle, near Sulber Gate. Evacuated to hospital by Air Ambulance. Walker (m, 54) slipped and injured ankle, above Horton. Climber (m, 21) fell 10m whilst leading 'Evening Star', sustaining a fractured femur. Evacuated to hospital by Air Ambulance. Provided specialist dive rescue kit to 2 CDG divers flown out to assist 6 cavers from CSCA Expedition trapped by flooding for several days. Caver (m, 20) missing for 8 hours after leaving main party to make own way out. Located in Far Streamway and escorted out. Walker (f, 71) fell and injured right shoulder and hip. Walker (m, 41) slipped on muddy path descending from summit towards the Allotment, sustaining a fractured ankle. Evacuated to hospital by Air Ambulance. Walker (f, 58) slipped on path and fractured lower right leg. Walker (f, 71) collapsed with exhaustion near Pecca Falls. Man (40) suffered back injury after falling on limestone pavement above Cove. Youth (m, 19) jumped from highest point on Thornton Force into plunge pool below. Open fracture to lower right leg and facial injuries. Evacuated to hospital by Air Ambulance.
14 1730 Mon 26-Apr-04 Turbary Road, Kingsda 15 1915 Sat 1-May-04 Pen-y-ghent 16 1535 Sun 2-May-04 Waterfalls Walk, Inglet 17 1545 Sat 22-May-04 Malham Cove 18 1930 Thu 27-May-04 Animal Pillar Holes 19 1545 Sun 30-May-04 Animal Cowskulls Pot 20 1530 Mon 31-May-04 Cave Cuddy Gill Pot 2 21 1440 Tue 1-Jun-04 Animal Coppice Cave 22 1735 Thu 3-Jun-04 Waterfalls Walk, Inglet 23 1455 Sat 5-Jun-04 Malham Cove 24 2330 Mon 14-Jun-04 Cave Ireby Fell Cavern Lancashire 25 2245 Tue 15-Jun-04 Ingleborough 26 1545 Sun 20-Jun-04 Animal Fern Pot Local 27 O600 Wed 23-Jun-04 incident Harrogate 28 1630 Wed 23-Jun-04 Cave Kingsdale Master Cave 29 2150 Sat 26-Jun-04 Blea Gills, Deepdale Cumbria Assisted Police in recovery of bogged down vehicle carrying a passenger with medical condition. Climber (m, 38) tumbled 5m after being hit by large rock during descent of gully. Sustained a fracture to his spine. Winched into RAF helicopter for evacuation to hospital. Woman (36) stumbled on path in Twisleton Glen and sustained suspected broken ankle. Man (59) suffered back injury after falling on limestone pavement at top of Cove. Injured sheep rescued from bottom of open shaft. Lamb rescued from bottom of entrance shaft. Requested by Police to investigate chemical containers found at foot of shaft. In doing so located and rescued stranded lamb from foot of same shaft Rescue of two lambs from passage below 3.5m entrance pitch. Walker (m, 30) slipped on rocks above Thornton Force. Head injury. Man (20) fell out of tree at foot of Cove, sustaining injury to pelvic area. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Two cavers (f, 20; m, 23) from party of ten unable to find way out after de-rigging Well Pitch. Missing for 4 hours. Located and escorted out by own party, met by CRO on surface. Walker (m, 65+) exhausted half mile above Horton on walk over Ingleborough from Chapel le dale. Sheep rescued from bottom of open shaft. Assisted Police in search for missing person (m, 25). UWFRA and SARDA also involved. Two cavers (m, 29; m, 31) trapped by flooding. Escorted out as water levels fell. Six adults and two children (f, 5, 9) escorted to safety after five vehicles became stuck on remote part of 'Occupation Road' above Dent..
30 1845 Mon 28-Jun-04 Animal Bridge Pot 31 2200 Sat 10-Jul-04 Pen-y-ghent 32 2200 Sat 10-Jul-04 Fell Cam Fell 33 1200 Sun 11-Jul-04 Animal Rift Pot, Allotment 34 1435 Sat 14-Aug-04 Fell Great Knoutberry Cumbria 35 1720 Sun 15-Aug-04 Animal Bull Pot of the WitchesCumbria 36 1230 Sat 28-Aug-04 Fell Mastiles Lane, Malham 37 1630 Fri 10-Sep-04 Animal OBJ Hole 38 1200 Sat 11-Sep-04 Animal Sell Gill Holes 39 1350 Mon 20-Sep-04 / Cave Sell Gill Holes 40 1300 Thu 23-Sep-04 Cave Sell Gill Holes 41 1540 Sat 25-Sep-04 Cave Notts Pot Lancashire Local 42 1745 Mon 18-Oct-04 incident Yarlsber Farm, Ingleton 43 1620 Wed 27-Oct-04 Whernside 44 1500 Fri 26-Nov-04 Animal Meal Bank Quarry, Ing Lamb rescued from foot of open shaft. Two walkers (m, 41, 18) on Three Peaks walk were reported many hours overdue having turned back on Pen-y-ghent. Turned up as search commenced having gone on to complete the walk. Walker (m, 57) became separated from companions and was reported missing. During the search further enquiries located him at accommodation in Horton, having walked safely off without informing anyone. Assisted by SARDA. Unsuccessful attempt to rescue lamb stuck on ledge above 34m open shaft. Parapentist crash landed and suffered multiple injury. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Assisted Kendal MRT. Lamb successfully rescued from ledge above open shaft. biker sustained broken collar bone in fall. Fire service also attended. Border Collie rescued uninjured having fallen 3m down entrance shaft. Injured sheep at bottom of open shaft. Assisted Police recover body (f) from stream above Sell Gill Holes. Carried out underground search and retrieved clothing and other items that had been washed into cave. Further underground search for evidence at request of Police. Caver (f, 34) fell approx. 25m whilst derigging 6th pitch. Fatal. Provided lighting equipment & generator to local Fire Brigade dealing with protracted barn fire. Party of three walkers (m, 55; f, 46; m, 14) requested assistance having gone off-route in deteriorating conditions. Sheep rescued from ledge in old quarry.
45 1730 Sat 4-Dec-04 Gordale Scar 46 2050 Mon 27-Dec-04 Ireby Fell, Gragareth Lancashire,, Cumbria 47 O050 Thu 30-Dec-04 Cave Ease Gill Caverns Cumbria 48 1750 Thu 30-Dec-04 Ingleborough Two walkers (m, 46; f, 32) descending the Left Wing into Gordale became cragfast on steep ground as darkness fell. Two cavers (m, 38, 2?) reported three hours overdue on walk back to vehicle after exiting Ireby Fell Cavern. Eventually turned up in Deepdale having got lost in poor visibility and walking more than 8 km in the wrong direction. Three cavers (m, 20, 18; f, 22) reported overdue Top Sink to Wretched Rabbit. Located Holbeck Junction; two with varying degrees hypothermia, one with strained back. Assisted out via WR. Walker (m, 43) injured leg near summit of Simon Fell. Strong winds and heavy rain. Last updated 1 January 2005 In addition to the team call outs listed above: (a) the CRO Duty Controllers (six are on weekly call throughout the year) frequently respond to calls from the Police for advice regarding overdue cavers and walkers that do not result in any team call out. (b) our SARDA dog handler is sometimes called to assist other Teams in searches out of our area.
Incident Report 2005 No. Time Day Date Voluntary man-hours Type Location 1 Location 2 1 1655 Sat 01-Jan-05 10 Animal Garsdale Cumbria Dog reported trapped down fissure. 2 1825 Mon 3-Jan-05 123 Fell Ingleborough Two walkers (m, 21, 30) reported themselves lost on Ingleborough in poor visibility. Their mobile phone battery then died. Located near summit. 3 1130 Fri 14-Jan-05 2 Fell Ingleborough biker (m, 14) sustained badly fractured wrist during fall near top of Long Lane. 4 1945 Sat 29-Jan-05 44 Cave Long Churn Cave Caver (m, 58) exhausted at foot of Dolly Tubs pitch. Assisted out. 5 1742 Tue 15-Feb-05 48 Fell Waterfalls Walk, Inglet Search for missing female (34). Assisted by SARDA. Found by Police out of area. 6 1700 Wed 16-Feb-05 42 Fell Pen-y-ghent Walker (f, 59) slipped on muddy path and sustained fractured ankle. 7 1145 Sun 20-Feb-05 2 Cave Lancaster Hole Cumbria Two cavers (m, 33) reported overdue from previous day. Preliminary investigation by CRO and Police established that the wrong date had been entered on the 'sign out' board. 8 1840 Sun 27-Feb-05 85 Cave Ease Gill Caverns Cumbria Two cavers (m, 23; f, 24) reported overdue on trip Wretched Rabbit to Lancaster Hole. Found OK at Stake Pot having got lost at Fall Pot. Escorted to surface. 9 1350 Sat 12-Mar-05 342 Cave Roaring Hole 10 1600 Sun 13-Mar-05 288 Cave Low Birkwith Cave Detail Caver (m, 36) suffered broken leg when boulder fell on him after belay gave way during descent of pitch beyond 4th Choke. Airlifted to hospital by RAF Helicopter. Cave diver (m, 29) reported overdue. Search by members of CDG located body. Brought to surface via Hillside Pot. Assisted by Fire Service. Fatal. 11 1450 Fri 18-Mar-05 8 Ingleborough 12 1330 Mon 21-Mar-05 1 Pen-y-ghent Two walkers (m, 37; f, 47) reported themselves lost in low cloud on the summit plateau (had map but no compass). Found by other passing walkers and directed down path; met by CRO and escorted off hill. Girl (14) fell near summit and sustained head injury. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. CRO stood down en-route.
13 1600 Fri 25-Mar-05 11 Nature Trail, Clapham 14 1620 Sun 27-Mar-05 10 Pen-y-ghent 15 1710 Sun 27-Mar-05 40 Cave Diccan Pot 16 1720 Mon 28-Mar-05 8 Trow Gill 17 1740 Sat 2-Apr-05 18 Settle 18 1125 Sun 24-Apr-05 2 High Birkwith 19 1340 Sat 14-May-05 15 Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton 20 1245 Sat 21-May-05 30 Ingleborough 21 1920 Sat 21-May-05 18 Ingleborough 80 yr old man fell into river below Nature Trail track whilst walking alone. Pulled out by passers-by who heard his shouts. Stretcher haul up steep slope to Ambulance. Walker (m, 54) slipped descending from Plover Hill and injured ankle. Caver (m, 47) reported overdue by own party, having been left to derig 3rd pitch. Located ascending 1st pitch and escorted to surface. Walker (m, 25) slipped on rocks and fell 0.5m, injuring his right ankle. Boy (8) fell 3m down steep bank on side of River Ribble. Stretcher carry across river to Ambulance. Runner (m, 30) in 3 Peaks Race slipped on rocky track and sustained a fractured ankle. Walker (m, 53) tripped on rocky path and sustained facial injuries. Walker (f, 66) collapsed near summit of Park Fell. Airlifted to valley floor by Air Ambulance. Caver (m, 36) with ankle injury (torn ligaments) on surface at Gaping Gill. Had fallen in NW Extension and been assisted out by own party via Main Chamber and winch. 22 1820 Sun 22-May-05 35 Near Wray Lancashire Assisted Bowland Pennine MRT with search for missing male (45). Found dead by SARDA dog handler. 23 1210 Mon 30-May-05 6 Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton 24 2005 Mon 30-May-05 6 Animal Pillar Holes 25 1615 Sat 4-Jun-95 2 Pen-y-ghent Boy (7) fell down steep slope near Pecca Falls and injured knee. Lamb rescued from foot of 8m open shaft of Pillar Holes No.2 on Ingleborough. Runner (f, 36) in Pen-y-ghent Fell Race sustained injury to leg (tendon rupture?) in vicinity of Hull Pot. 26 1600 Wed 15-Jun-05 6 Animal Rocky Pot 27 1630 Thu 30-Jun-05 65 Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton 28 1620 Sun 10-Jul-05 32 Tow Scar Lamb rescued from foot of open shaft on Fountains Fell. Man and boy (27; 6) trapped on far bank of River Twiss following intense localised thunderstorm and resultant flood pulse. Parapentist (m, 71) crash landed when canopy collapsed and sustained fractured femur. Airlifted to hospital by RAF helicopter.
29 1720 Sat 16-Jul-05 2.5 Local incident A65 Ingleton CRO vehicles returning from Ingleton Gala came across RTA. Pedestrian (m, 49) slipped off kerb into path of motorbike. Sustained open fractures to lower right leg. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. 30 1910 Sat 16-Jul-05 15 Pen-y-ghent 31 2000 Sat 16-Jul-05 2 Three Peaks 32 1140 Sun 17-Jul-05 11 Animal Pillar Holes & Fife Pot 33 1340 Sat 6-Aug-05 18 Occupation Road, Cumbria High Pike, Deepdale 34 1630 Sun 7-Aug-05 40 Gordale Scar 35 0240 Sun 4-Sep-05 108 Cave Hammer Pot 36 1240 Fri 9-Sep-05 22 Pen-y-ghent Girl (13) went over on ankle near summit of Pen-yghent. Carried down by own party to near Hull Pot; met by CRO vehicle. Walker (f, ) reported overdue. Located descending from Ingleborough. Sheep rescued from ledge 8m down Pillar No. 1 Hole, and lamb rescued from foot of Fife Pot. Walker (f, 33) fell over whilst chasing dog and sustained suspected fractured femur. Airlifted to hospital by Air Ambulance. Walker (m, 34) fell and sustained broken arm. Two cavers (m, 21, 22) stuck / exhausted in Stemple Rift. One caver (m, 33) marooned behind them. Assisted out. Walker (f, 16) collapsed on way up Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom. Mild hypothermia / exhaustion. 37 1320 Sun 11-Sep-05 55 Pen-y-ghent 38 2030 Sun 23-Oct-05 65 Ingleborough Walker (m, 67) suffered a suspected heart attack approaching summit from Brackenbottom. Fatal. Search for school party (13 x 14-16 yrs + staff) reported overdue at the Hill Inn; located in Horton. Assisted by SARDA. 39 1155 Thu 27-Oct-05 4 Cave Aygill Caverns Cumbria Solo caver reported overdue from previous day. Preliminary investigation by CRO and Police established that the caver (m) had exited safely and forgotten to erase entry on the 'sign out' board 40 1300 Mon 14-Nov-05 6 River Lune Cumbria Requested by Police to investigate two capsized canoes caught up on trees mid-river, about 300m above Killington Bridge. Eventually confirmed to be abandoned with their paddlers safe. 41 1500 Sat 10-Dec-05 30 Whernside Search for solo mountain biker (m, 44) who reported himself lost on Scales Moor in thick mist. Located and escorted off the hill. Assisted by SARDA.
42 1100 Sun 11-Dec-05 6 Animal Mealbank Quarry, Ingleton Sheep rescued from ledge. Last updated: 12 December 2005
Incident Report 2006 No Description 1 Jan 4 Wed 2338 Simpsons Pot, - Cave Two cavers (m, 59; f, 33) reported overdue on pull-through trip. A search of the system located them at bottom of 'The Pit' cold but unharmed. They had abseiled into the blind pot and pulled the rope down before realising their mistake. Assisted to surface. 2 Feb 2 Thu 1435 Langcliffe, - Walker (f, 61) slipped on muddy frozen ground while traversing footpath between Settle and Clay Pits Plantation. Sustained fractured right ankle. Stretchered down to waiting road ambulance. 3 Feb 4 Sat 1230 Cam Fell, - biker (m, 29) was descending rocky track from Cam End towards Ling Gill Bridge when front wheel fell off. He sustained head and spinal injuries. Treated by two team doctors before short stretcher carry to air ambulance. His cycle helmet was extensively damaged in the fall. 4 Feb 4 Sat 1935 Ingleborough, - Party of three walkers got lost descending from Ingleborough on Three Peaks walk. One (m, 30) suffering from exhaustion and mild hypothermia. Found by some cavers near Bar Pot and escorted off the fell. Met by CRO vehicle on Nature Trail and brought down to Clapham. 5 Feb 11 Sat 1225 Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton, - Walker (m, ) slipped on icy path at Pecca Falls and suffered head injury. Was assisted to road ambulance prior to team's arrival. 6 Feb 12 Sun 1653 Ingleborough, - Search for two walkers (m,49; f, 49) lost in dense fog descending from Ingleborough to Horton in Ribblesdale. Having gone down into Crummackdale by mistake they were attempting to regain the correct path when they found themselves above a cliff and called the Police for assistance. Located above Moughton Scars. Assisted by SARDA. 7 Feb 18 Sat 1825 Long Churn Cave, - Cave A novice caver (m, 19) in a party of four became too exhausted to ascend Dolly Tubs pitch and attempts by his companions to pull him up failed. Hauled up by CRO and assisted to surface. 8 Feb 26 Sun 2130 Bar Pot, - Cave Caver (f, 20) ascending first pitch became jammed on SRT rope near the top, unable to move up or down. After an hour of struggling the rope was cut by another member of the party and she was lowered to the foot of the pitch, cold, exhausted, and in pain from bruising. When CRO arrived she was hypothermic and drifting in and out of conciousness. Warm air and pain relief were administered before she was placed on a stretcher and hauled to the surface. Evacuated to hospital by RAF helicopter. 9 Mar 25 Sat 2145 Occupation Road, Deepdale, Cumbria - Solitary off-road vehicle bogged down near Blea Gills. Two adults went for help, leaving one adult (m, 25) and one child (m, 5) in vehicle. Police requested that the team bring them to safety. When found they were both very cold, having been stranded for over 6 hours. Child was piggy-backed and man escorted in driving rain and low cloud along waterlogged track to CRO and Police vehicles near High Pike. 10 April 8 Sat 1515 Thwaite Bridge, Hawes, - Walker (f, 53) injured ankle on rough ground about 1/4 mile north of A684. Brought down to road ambulance by quad bike prior to CRO arrival.
11 April 19 Wed 1915 Yordas Cave, - Cave Party of three family cavers (f, 43; m, 12; m, 9) became marooned at the top of the Chapter House pitch on a pull-through trip from Middle Entrance. There was too much water for the boys to descend safely. Second adult in party rigged a high traverse and abseiled down to raise alarm. All three brought out of Middle Entrance cold but unharmed. 12 April 22 Sat 0956 Ingleborough, - Walker (f, 68) collapsed unconcious near Clapdale Farm after walking up from Clapham. Administered oxygen until arrival of road ambulance. 13 May 4 Thu 1532 Garsdale, Cumbria - Assisted Police with removal of a body (m) from the hillside above Banks Bridge following a FATAL heart attack. Short stretcher carry to road. 14 May 8 Mon 1430 Waterfalls Walk, Ingleton, - Man (approx. 60) lost balance sitting on low wall near Thornton Force, falling backwards down 2 metre drop and then rolling onto rocks. Sustained head injury. Assisted up hillside to air ambulance. 15 May 28 Sun 1902 Ingleborough, - Walker slipped descending from the summit towards Simon Fell, sustaining an ankle injury. CRO stood down soon after arriving at the Hill Inn as an air ambulance was able to land close to the casualty, enabling the team to redeploy to another incident (see 16 below). The casualty was airlifted off the hill shortly afterwards. 16 May 28 Sun 1914 Providence Pot, - Cave Assisted Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association in rescue of exhausted caver from near Brew Chamber in Dowbergill Passage; escorted out via Dow Cave. 17 May 29 Mon 1608 Clapham, - Walker (f, 60) on footpath between Austwick and Clapham slipped on wet grass and sustained a fractured lower leg. Evacuated in CRO vehicle and transferred to road ambulance in Clapham. 18 May 31 Wed 1015 Fern Pot & nr Bridge Pot, - Animal Rescue of sheep from bottom of 8m open shaft in Fern Pot, and a lamb also rescued from bottom of narrow 2m hole near Bridge Pot. 19 Jun 2 Fri 1215 White Scar Cave, - Cave Woman (35) collapsed during a guided tour of the show cave. She recovered sufficiently to be escorted from Battlefield Cavern to a road ambulance waiting in the car park. 20 Jun 15 Thu 1325 Lower Long Churn Cave, - Cave Caver (m, 60) slipped and fell 2m climbing up into St Pauls, sustaining a fractured neck of femur. He managed to make his own way out to daylight where he was met by CRO. After treatment and pain relief he was stretchered a short distance to air ambulance. 21 Jun 18 Sun 1030 Ingleborough, - biker (m, 46) took a fall near Long Scar and landed on a rock, fracturing his pelvis. Immobilsed in vacuum mattress and stretchered a short distance to air ambulance. His cycle helmet showed signs of damage from the fall. 22 Jun 19 Mon 1800 Pillar Holes, - Animal Sheep rescued from ledge 10m down open shaft of Pillar Holes No.1 23 Jun 27 Tue 2057 Ingleborough, - Party of four American Eagle Scouts (m, 17, 15, 14, 14) reported themselves lost on Ingleborough during a Three Peaks walk. Their mobile phone battery then 'died'. A search located them on the slopes of Little Ingleborough where they had gone to ground. They were escorted down to a CRO vehicle and transported off the hill. Assisted by SARDA.
24 Jul 2 Sun 1145 Cross Pot, - Animal Lamb rescued from ledge 5m down open shaft. 25 Jul 4 Tue 1445 Ingleborough, - Schoolboy (13) slipped descending a rocky path on Swine Tail, injuring his leg and sustaining a broken arm. Treated by CRO before being winched into RAF helicopter for evacuation to hospital. Remaining member of his party escorted off the hill. 26 Jul 13 Thu 1420 Fife Pot, - Animal Sheep rescued from bottom of 3m deep open shaft. 27 Jul 14 Fri 1646 Gordale, - Man (22) lost control running down hillside above campsite. He sustained head and leg injuries after cartwheeling down the steep slope. After treatment by paramedics he was immobilised in a vacuum mattress and evacuated on a stretcher down to air ambulance on valley floor. 28 Jul 14 Fri 1800 Calf Holes, - Animal After dealing with above incident a small team went on to rescue a sheep from the foot of the 11m entrance pitch. 29 Jul 15 Sat 1602 Ingleborough, - Competitor (m, 32) in the Ingleborough Fell Race lost his footing and fell during the steep descent from summit, dislocating his shoulder. Treated by CRO before being assisted a short distance to air ambulance 30 Jul 16 Sun 1202 Settle, - Assisted ambulance service with treatment and evacuation of man (55) who had fallen 4m down riverbank onto boulders, injuring his shoulder. Immobilised in vacuum mattress and carried a short distance by stretcher to road ambulance for eventual transfer to air ambulance. 31 Jul 23 Sun 1920 Fife Pot, - Animal Lamb with broken leg rescued from bottom of 3m deep open shaft. 32 Jul 31 Mon 0900 Greensett Cave, - Animal Lamb trapped 10m from No. 8 entrance, in downstream passage. Brought out and hauled up 4.5m entrance rift. 33 Aug 1 Tue 1900 Fife Pot, - Animal Fife Pot again, this time to rescue a lamb from the foot of the 7m deep western shaft. 34 Aug 3 Thu 1600 Wackenburgh Pot, - Animal Another adventurous lamb rescued from foot of 9m open shaft. 35 Aug 10 Thu 1520 Gordale Scar, - Boy (13) fell descending the lower waterfall during a family walk and sustained a broken leg. Evacuated by stretcher to road ambulance waiting at the campsite. 36 Aug 10 Thu 1830 Meregill Skit, - Cave Cave diver (m, 63) reported overdue after car seen parked at roadside for two days. Body located by divers from CDG and brought to surface. FATAL heart attack. Assisted by UWFRA. 37 Aug 13 Sun 0830 Ellerbeck, - Animal Lamb successfully rescued after becoming trapped in bottom of a tight 2.5m deep grike in the limestone pavement. 38 Aug 22 Tue Pluragrotten, Norway - Cave Underground communications equipment (heyphones) sent to Norway following cave diving fatality on August 16. Two British cave divers (CDG) also attended at request of Norwegian authorities to assist in rescue. 39 Aug 24 Thu 1705 Gordale Scar, - Child injured near lower waterfall. Team stood down en-route after confirmation that the casualty had been carried down to road ambulance by members of the public.
40 Sep 2 Sat 1608 Ingleborough, - Walker (f, 44) on Three Peaks walk was blown over by strong winds and injured her knees. Her husband used a mobile to phone for help but due to driving rain and low cloud they mistakenly gave their location as being on Simon Fell. Prior to team deployment it became apparent that they were in fact on Ingleborough. Eventually located just below summit on the Ingleton footpath, very cold and wet. Stretchered down to 4x4 ambulance at Crina Bottom. 41 Sep 2 Sat 1957 Long Churn Caves, - Cave Party of four cavers (m, 55; m, 50; m, 59; f, 48) reported overdue after day of heavy rain and localised flooding. Quickly located by CRO sitting on ledge in Lower Long Churn Cave waiting for water levels to drop. Handline rigged along streamway and party escorted to surface. Note that UWFRA were also called to a flooding incident at Hagg Gill Pot earlier in the evening. 42 Oct 7 Sat 1031 High Birkwith, - Walker (m, 70) on Three Peaks walk slipped whilst crossing stream and fell in. He experienced chest and arm pains but carried on to near Old Ing. By then he was very cold with violent shivering. Some passing trail bikers raised the alarm and then transported him down to a farm prior to arrival of CRO and road ambulance. 43 Oct 7 Sat 2115 Ingleborough, - Two walkers (f, 55; f, 36) on Three Peaks walk got lost in low cloud on summit plateau and descended into the Clapham Bents area by mistake, eventually following a stream (Fell Beck) down to a footpath. Unfortunately they lost the path in darkness and having wandered around for a while found themselves above a steep ravine with trees and phoned for help. A search quickly located them above Trow Gill from where they were escorted down to a CRO vehicle and brought back to Clapham. Assisted by SARDA. 44 Oct 8 Sun 2027 Pool Sink, Cumbria - Cave A caver (f, 60) was reported missing in the Easegill system. Due to a misunderstanding the cave had been derigged by her party whilst she was still underground. A search by other cavers located her at Stop Pot and she was brought to the surface via Wretched Rabbit as the CRO advance party arrived at the entrance. Escorted across moor to Bull Pot Farm. 45 Oct 23 Mon 1350 Malham Cove, - A walker (f, 61) following the Trougate footpath above the Cove tripped on a rock and fell, breaking her wrist. She was assisted off the fell and transferred to a road ambulance for treatment and transport down to the village carpark. Her companions then took her by car to their local hospital. 46 Oct 29 Sun 1450 Twisleton Scar, - Rock climber (m, 24) fell off whilst leading 'Priority'. He fell about 7m and hit the ground feet first just as the rope came tight through a runner. He sustained injuries to both lower legs. Fortunately a member of the Duddon & Furness MR Team was climbing nearby and was able to provide initial treatment prior to CRO arrival. The casualty was stretchered down the hillside to a waiting road ambulance. 47 Dec 17 Sun 2040 Short Drop Cave, Lancashire - Cave Party of four cavers (m, 21; m, 23; m, 32; f, 25) reported overdue on exchange trip from Gavel Pot. Members of the other party checked Short Drop Cave but found no signs of the missing cavers. CRO was called and teams deployed underground and to Gavel Pot. The missing cavers were quickly located at the foot of Gavel Pot entrance pitch. Having failed to find their way through Short Drop Cave they had retraced their steps and were waiting for rescue. Assisted to surface by CRO and escorted to road.
48 Dec 22 Fri 1350 Ingleborough, - A mother (48) and her son (9) got lost descending from the summit of Ingleborough in thick hill fog. Unfortunately they had left map, compass and torch in their car down in Clapham. Using a mobile they phoned the Police for help and CRO was contacted. From the description given it appeared that they were probably on the Horton footpath just below Swine Tail. As the team was mobilising a passing walker found them and escorted them down to a CRO vehicle near Sulber Gate for transport off the hill. 49 Dec 25 Mon 1838 Ease Gill Caverns, Cumbria - Cave Caver (m, 39) on a trip from Lancaster Hole to Top Sink slipped and fell 2-3 metres near the Bridge of Sighs (beyond Nagasaki Cavern), sustaining a fracture to his pelvis. Pain relief was administered by the team doctors and the injury splinted. A prolonged rescue involving assistance from UWFRA, Kendal MRT and COMRU brought him to the surface via County Pot at 0530 hrs the following morning for evacuation to hospital by RAF helicopter. 50 Dec 26 Tue 1554 Whernside, - A party of three walkers (m, 26; f, 20, m, 15) was reported overdue on a walk over Whernside to Ribblehead. A brief search quickly located them approaching the viaduct, having been delayed by iced up rocks and poor visibility. Assisted by SARDA. 51 Dec 30 Sat 1756 Long Churn Caves, - Cave Four cavers (m, 20;m, 20; f, 27; f, 20) were reported to be trapped by flooding in Lower Long Churn Cave after a fifth member of the party had managed to get out to raise the alarm. Fortunately water levels dropped sufficiently for them to reach the surface just as the first CRO party arrived at the cave entrance.
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Incident Report 2007 No Description 1 Jan 1 Mon 05.13 Ireby, Lancashire - Requested by Police to assist in search of surrounding fells for vulnerable female (36) missing from holiday cottage in Ireby village. Found by Police walking along A65 as CRO team arrived. 2 Jan 3 Wed 17.59 River Lune, Cumbria - Kendal MRT requested CRO assistance with search of river banks downstream from Killington New Bridge, Sedbergh, for a canoeist (m, 49) reported missing following a capsize of his open canoe. Earlier searches by Cumbria Fire Brigade, and RAF and air ambulance helicopters, had been unsuccessful. Search called off for night at 2230hrs. 3 Jan 3 Wed 20.10 Ease Gill Caverns, Cumbria - Cave Rescue Whilst dealing with incident no. 2 a second call was received. Two cavers (m; f) were reported overdue on trip from County Pot to Lancaster Hole. They turned up safe and well as first CRO personnel arrived at Bull Pot farm. Jan 4 Thu 07.00 River Lune, Cumbria - Continuation of search from previous day (Incident number 2). Body found mid morning by CRO team and recovered from river bank by stretcher. 4 Jan 7 Sun 16.15 Ingleborough, - Walker (f, 35) slipped on descent from Ingleborough to Chapel-le-Dale and injured her ankle. She was evacuated a short distance by stretcher to CRO vehicle near Braithwaite Wife Hole and transported down to road ambulance waiting at the Hill Inn. 5 Jan 20 Sat 16.30 Pikedaw Calamine Caverns, - Cave Rescue A caver (m, 60) became too exhausted to climb a 23m wire ladder to the top of the entrance shaft, despite assistance from the other two members of his party. CRO was called and he was hauled to the surface in a rescue harness and transported down to Malham. During the rescue the team was 'entertained' by a brilliant display of lightning accompanied by hail and thunder. 6 Jan 26 Fri 23.15 Ease Gill Caverns, Cumbria - Cave Rescue A solo caver (m, 39) was reported to be nearly 4 hours overdue on a trip from Lancaster Hole to Wretched Rabbit. Investigation by CRO established that his car was still at Bull Pot Farm and that Lancaster Hole was still rigged. He turned up soon after the full team had been called out, having failed to find his way on from Stop Pot. 7 Feb 11 Sun 20.50 Big Meanie, Lancashire - Cave Rescue Called to assist a caver (m, 18) who had been stuck on his SRT rope for an hour and a half trying to negotiate the constriction at the top of the 49m entrance pitch following an exchange trip from Death's Head Hole. He was transferred to a CRO rope and hauled to the surface, non the worse for his ordeal. 8 Feb 23 Fri 23.25 Grayrigg, Cumbria - Kendal MRT requested our assistance following a train derailment on the main West Coast line near Grayrigg. CRO responded to the Kendal RV, joining a large number of other MRTs waiting to be deployed. The team was eventually stood down and returned to Clapham for 0150 hrs. 9 Mar 03 Sat 1730 High Pike, Cumbria - Called by Police to attend a walker (f) with a leg injury. She was reported to be near High Pike, Deepdale, within CRO's operational area. The team responded but was stood down en-route when the Police determined it was actually the High Pike above Scandale, Ambleside. They passed the incident to the Langdale / Ambleside MRT (there is also a High Pike near Caldbeck and another near Tebay and...). LAMRT eventually found her near Dove Crag.